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I read this blog post this week and it has really hit home. I've thought a lot lately about the role of women and especially moms in my own little environment. I am so thankful for my friends here in Provo that are also moms...I'm grateful for their conversation during a dull afternoon, for their insight at parenting, for their willingness to help, and especially for sharing their many talents, hobbies, successes, as well as fears, failures, and  imperfections. I am so grateful for mom friends to sit out on the lawn with and watch our kids play and I sincerely hope that I will always be the mom & friend that lifts others up and celebrates others. 

"We teach our kids that different is good, that life would be boring if everyone were the same. But when people are different than we are, or, more pointedly, better than we are at something, it makes us feel insecure...like them being great all of a sudden makes us less good. That feeling makes us scramble or insult or dismiss or excuse just to put ourselves back on higher ground. 

But instead we sink, and we bring other women down with us. 

I don't want people to dial things down so I can feel secure. My friends don't need to hide their talents so I can feel better about myself.  I want to live in a community where women can showcase their strengths and pursue their talents at home and in the workforce without the fear of being or looking "too good."

When women excel, at anything, it is good for all of us. I love that my kids get to be part of crazy creative class parties and caring playgroups. I'm grateful for intuitive physicians and gentle dentists that keep my boys healthy. And I like bringing what I have to the table too. I like helping with essay writing and reading. I like sharing book lists, favorite museums, and a few good recipes. I like pulling a little extra weight in the school or classroom or driving to soccer practice while another mom is out on the police force or nursing a newborn. 

I spent most of my college years studying literature from a feminist perspective, and in hindsight, I may have had it all wrong. Feminism is different for me now. To me, a real feminist allows all women to discover what their best self is, and then lets them be that best in a world, nation, and community that refuses to cut down what is painstakingly being built inside the home or outside of it. We should celebrate the opportunity that women can be anything, from a corporate leader to a killer room mom. There is a seat for everyone at the table and we all benefit when everyone gives their best to make things work."





You can read the whole article HERE



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